July 2014 Archives

Alkaline is a Vybz Kartel copy cat who flopped at Sumfest says Gage's manager. This follows Alkaline's comment that he is the only relevant dancehall artiste apart from I Octane and Mavado, Alkaline also threw jabs at Gage.

"Alkaline is nothing but a copycat, he walks and bite Vybz Kartel, you are the youngest and the foolest...Him nuh get nuh forward at Sumfest. But mi like how him stand up and pretend that he was getting forward. Him contacts nearly drop out of him eyes when him a kill out himself onstage and the people dem nah respond," Gage's manager Davis said while poking fun at Alkaline's record Touch You which speaks about anal stimulation in sex".

The comedian is now begging his woman to stay after speculations were raised that the comedian and Macka Diamond are involved in a sexual relationship.

The allegations started last month, after a controversial picture featuring Majah Hype and Macka Diamond surfaced on the Internet, which appeared to show him touching her on her exposed breasts.

"My girlfriend really took it hard, she thought it was a violation. It reach a point where things really shake up. Right now, we just a reach a rebuilding phase, but it still kind of sticky. She feel like mi betray her. Even though we not married, is two children we have together, so we have to make it work. She have to understand say is just so music business unpredictable," he said. ," Majah Hype said....

The Music Industry Achievers Awards has announced Monday August 25, 2014 as the new date for the much anticipated event. The event will be held at the Courtleigh Auditorium with the walking of the red carpet at 6:00 and the show beginning at 7:00pm sharp as originally scheduled.

"I am elated to announce Monday August 25, 2014 as the new date for the Music Industry Achievers Awards. Everything will continue as originally scheduled and I hope to see everyone in attendance." Said Nackesha Doyley.

The Music Industry Achievers which was originally scheduled for Thursday July 10, 2014 was forced to be postponed due to reasons beyond our control.

"I was forced to postpone the event due to personal reasons. I was grief stricken after making the sudden postponement but my hands were tied" said Nackesha Doyley.

She continues, "As the premier event, everyone is trusting that we deliver a top class event and I am happy to say that we are on top of our game."

The CEO and founder of the Music Industry Achievers Awards Nackesha Doyley also wants to express her deepest gratitude to all her supporters, sponsors, performers for being so understanding and supportive.

"I wish to thank you all again for the continued support, my sponsors, my ambassadors, my performers, everyone really and also special thanks to my phenomenal team."

Attendees will be entertained by performances from Versatile, Seanizzle, Tnez, Iyara, Omari, Ikaya and many more. Tickets are available at Quick Fix Tectronics, Shop #50 Clock Tower Plaza so go and get your tickets now.

Please visit our facebook page Music Industry Achievers Awards and Instagram queenie_miaawards for more information. You can also contact miaproduction@hotmail.com or call 1 (876) 389 2506

"Yow, me deh ya a watch dancehall night and a watch the new crop of artistes and yow, I gotta come back. I gotta come show dem how to do it. I mean, the show was boring. Nobody performance stand out; nobody outfit stand out except for Mr Vegas an the platform shoes," Mr Lexx complained.

"We need more entertainment. It's entertainment; everybody a tek this ting too serious an di music dark. we need back happy music. we need performances and entertainment. Mi deh deh an a watch di whole crowd and I was saying, 'dem need me, I gotta come back."

Queen Latesha believes sucking should have no place in dancehall, this is what she said in a recent interview.

"I go to Europe and Japan to teach dancing at workshops and nobody will book you for walking like a dog or sucking on a bottle in the dancehall. I am fed up with these songs which are degrading females, and I don't want my music to travel in a direction of slackness, but I just wanted to flip the script to show Gage how it feels and how it sounds when he speaks to females in that manner," Queen Latesha said.

She even chastised selectors for endorsing songs which blatantly objectifies females. Songs like Touch You by Alkaline, which encourages females to stimulate his rectum with their tongue, and Throat Queen Latesha believes should have no place in dancehall.

"Dem hurry come up selector and artiste yah need to do better. As for the females, none of these artistes that tell you to perform these acts will want to wife you, they don't want a woman who does the disgusting things they tell you to do. Artistes need to do songs to empower women, some of them only sing songs because they have the opportunity to and have no substance," she said.

Chronixx will make an appearance on popular US late-night TV show, the Tonight Show with iconic host Jimmy Fallon on July 22. The show is scheduled to be aired on NBC at 11:35 p.m. The Here Comes Trouble singer will be the first reggae artist to appear on The Tonight Show since Fallon took over from former host Jay Leno in February.

Chronixx is also set to perform in Central Park, New York City alongside Junior Reid on July 26 at a free concert hosted by Large Up and Federation Sound. Chronixx and his band, The Zinc Fence Redemption Band, will then head to Belgium for the first leg of The Dread and The Terrible Euro Summer Tour which is slated to make stops in Germany, Slovenia, London, Switzerland and Croatia.

The reggae artiste often compared to Peter Tosh, is promoting his debut album. The Dread and The Terrible, released this year.

Khago, who recently returned to the island said: "I feel good about being nominated. I didn't expect it but a di hard work wey mi put in. It's a good look to see that yu sing a song three years ago and when yu step in a hip-hop club yu music still a play if dem even only a play three songs from dancehall. Win or lose, I still win, because we a go up against people like Vybz Kartel and Gyptian. Sometime all yu need is one song to connect with the people and Nah Sell Out has a good chance'.

Khago continued: "Inna Jamaica, dem always a put away music too fast, but in America and the rest of the world a different thing, music last longer."

Other notable Jamaican-produced songs which made the cut are Vybz Kartel's Cake Soap, Mavado's Pepper, Gyptian's Hold You among others.

More than 400 children across the United Kingdom have been protected from harm as a result, the National Crime Agency said in a statement.

Thirty-nine of the suspects were registered sex offenders, the statement said, meaning the vast majority were not previously known to police. Their number also included social care workers and former police officers.

The operation was kept under wraps until Wednesday to protect children and gather evidence against the accused, the statement said.

The National Crime Agency is not revealing the methods used to track down the suspects because it hopes to deploy them again in the future.

The charges brought so far range from possession of indecent images of children to serious sexual assault, it said. Many suspects have yet to be charged in the case.

"This is the first time the UK has had the capability to coordinate a single targeted operation of this nature," said Phil Gormley, the agency's deputy director general.

"Our aim was to protect children who were victims of, or might be at risk of, sexual exploitation. A child is victimized not only when they are abused and an image is taken. They are re-victimized every time that image is viewed by someone."

Some of those who start by looking at indecent images online go on to abuse children directly, he said, so arresting them now may prevent them from crossing that line.

The operation comes amid wide public concern over the issue of sexual abuse of children in the United Kingdom.

The publicity around those high-profile cases appears to have encouraged others to come forward with allegations of abuse.

Chief Constable Simon Bailey said the majority of police forces in England and Wales are dealing with an "unprecedented increase" in reports of sexual abuse of children.

"Forces are investigating exploitation of children and young people by groups and gangs, non-recent abuse including large-scale investigations into abuse in institutions over many years and sexual abuse by parents and family members," he said.

Queen Latesha lashes out at Gage for encouraging females to perform oral sex with his pro-oral sex single Throat.

Queen Latesha has counteracted the single, and says Throat is derogatory to females and she wants her counteraction called, Yu Mouth, to make male artistes understand how it feels when females have to contend with filthy content targeting their sex life.

The dancer also condemns females who endorse the songs in the dancehall by performing various taboo acts to get attention, such as sucking on liquor bottles to show their skills at performing oral sex.

It might be a case of using an 'eye for an eye'' technique. However, Queen Latesha says she was simply giving males a taste of their own medicine when she crafted the explicit lyrics "Open up yu, open up yu, open up yu mouth, bwoy".

"The male artistes are not elevating females and telling them to take their kids to school. All they are saying is oral sex and walk like a dog. This Throat song has females sucking off bottles in the dance and that is not a good look as a real veteran female dancer. I have been in the business over 10 years and I feel a way. When the world sees videos of females sucking on bottles and call it dancing, it will stop us from getting work...I go to Europe and Japan to teach dancing at workshops and nobody will book you for walking like a dog or sucking on a bottle in the dancehall. I am fed up with these songs which are degrading females, and I don't want my music to travel in a direction of slackness, but I just wanted to flip the script to show Gage how it feels and how it sounds when he speaks to females in that manner...Dem hurry come up selector and artiste yah need to do better. As for the females, none of these artistes that tell you to perform these acts will want to wife you, they don't want a woman who does the disgusting things they tell you to do. Artistes need to do songs to empower women, some of them only sing songs because they have the opportunity to and have no substance," she said. ," Queen Latesha said.

A three year old Philippine girl woke up at her own funeral after doctors declared her clinically dead, only to be again pronounced dead later by a health officer.

According to the United Kingdom's (UK) Daily Mail, the girl was pronounced dead on Friday, July 11 and her family arranged a funeral. A relative heard movements during the ceremony and opened the coffin to find the child's head moving.

However, the joy would be short-lived as the child was again pronounced dead on Monday, July 14.

Dr Mary Silyne Asor-Cabahug, the Municipal Health Officer of Aurora assessed the child's condition but found no signs of life and made the final pronouncement, the Daily Mail said. Dr Asor-Cabahug further advised the family to bury the body as soon as possible to prevent disease.

The Ministry of Health revealed last night that its heightened surveillance system has detected a suspected imported case of the chikungunya virus.

In a release from the health ministry, Chief Medical Officer Dr Kevin Harvey said the case was an individual who travelled from an affected country and fell ill.

The individual had screening tests done at a private laboratory in Jamaica, which gave indications of the illness.

A sample which was taken and sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency for confirmation, if found positive, would confirm Jamaica's first imported case of the chikungunya virus.

The health ministry said it had been putting measures in place for more than two years in anticipation of the chikungunya virus reaching Jamaican shores.

The ministry urges persons travelling to and from countries that have confirmed cases of the virus to ensure that they protect themselves from mosquito bites by using insect repellent containing DEET and covering their bodies as much as possible by, for example, wearing long-sleeved clothing.

There is no specific treatment for the chikungunya virus nor is there a vaccine.

As of Monday, 28 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America have reported cases of chikungunya, with 5,227 confirmed.

Symptoms of chikungunyan:

High fever

Headache

Muscle pain

Joint pain mainly in the limbs and large joints

A rash

Although it does not often result in death, joint pains and stiffness can last for months and even years. It may become a source of chronic pain and disability, resulting in the individual being unable to attend work or school.

Infants and the elderly are at greater risk for more severe disease. There are some diseases that may increase the risk for severe reactions such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.

Anyone who experiences any of the symptoms of chikungunya is asked to visit a doctor or the nearest health centre immediately.

Markus Records wishes to advise the public that he is NOT seeking money from anyone in order to raise funds in aid of his father. He also wishes to advise the public that anyone soliciting monies in aid of a concert for Buju Banton is fraudulent.

"It has recently reached me that there imposters who are pretending to be me and are claiming that they are seeking funds for a concert to help my father. I want to tell Jamaica and the rest of the world that this is the farthest thing from the truth." Markus stated.

He continues, "You have some very unscrupulous individuals out there who are trying to tarnish my reputation but I will not have it. These imposters are calling around entertainers and other media personnel saying that they are Markus and is collecting money for concert in aid of my father."

Markus Records further warns the pubic that they should not pay any money to anyone who claims that they are acting on behalf of Buju Banton.

"Please I am asking the public to be very careful about who they hand over their hard earn money to. Under no circumstances should you give any money to anyone who claims that they are representatives of Buju Banton. Neither my father nor I have given that right to anyone to collect money on his behalf".

This comes only a few months after promoters in Trinidad were tricked by "agents" of Buju who claimed they were collecting money in aid of a concert for Buju.

Anyone who is caught collecting money on behalf of Buju Banton will suffer legal consequences. Also if anyone is aware of this fraudulent act immediately inform the relevant authorities.

"I urge that if you have fallen prey or victim to this act, please seek the relevant authorities and report it. Markus Records is not liable for any monies collected from anyone but I sincerely apologize if you were drawn in by these imposters."

A 25-year-old British woman has spent nearly $30,000 on surgical procedures to keep up with Sex Tape/Reality TV star Kim Kardashian. Claire Louise Leeson started the kardashification process when she was just 17, and now has bigger boobs, whiter teeth, and so, so much spray tan.

Appearing on the U.K. talk show This Morning, she explained that she wears pants with silicone padding to fake Kim's famous booty, but she's considering getting actually butt implants as a next step.

Claire Louise Leeson says she was bullied and called ugly as a child, and the Kim Kardashian $30,000 look alike plastic surgery is all part of overcoming that.

American pastor James Bryant says these hoes aint loyal, while preaching, and gets donkey of the day by popular radio show based in U.S, the Breakfast Club. According the the pastor "Every brother would you tap another brother's ass, these hoes aint loyal".

Kingston, Jamaica July 14, 2014 - Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson this morning received their Arbitral Award from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Both Athletes wish to first and foremost thank CAS for its fast, effective and world class jurisprudence. The hearings were professionally conducted and focused on the law and therefore the sanction of 6 months commencing on June 21, 2013 is understood and accepted by both Asafa and Sherone as that is what the law calls for in such cases.

"I never felt that I should not have received a sanction" said Asafa, "However, I always felt that the 18 months was not in line with a first time positive test result and it being proven it came from a tainted supplement."

CAS has not just reduced the sentences of both athletes but it also awarded ALL costs associated with arbitration for the CAS hearing as well as additional monies in legal fees to be paid by JADCO. It is believed to be one of the largest awards in the history of CAS.

Simpson said "I feel total relief and that we have finally been vindicated. We both knew that we had done all we could to ensure the supplement was ok before taking it ... our actions were not intentional and CAS has recognized that. I am truly thankful."

Asafa and Sherone are eligible to run immediately and will both be back on the track tomorrow July 14, 2014 at Luzern Spitzenleichtathletik in Switzerland with a renewed sense of excitement and passion.

Paul Greene attorney for both athletes said "We are elated by the results but knew all along this is the sanction the case law interpreting the World Anti-Doping Code demanded. The Code requires that sanctions for athletes be harmonized in light of their degree of fault. Asafa and Sherone's degree of fault when compared to the athletes sanctioned before them was at the low end of the 0-24 month range under Article 10.4 of the Code. The real shame of this is that we can't go back in time to December 22, 2013 when they should have been back competing. Had the JADCO Panel followed the IAAF rules Asafa and Sherone would have had a hearing within 3 months and been able to compete all of 2014. The nearly historic cost that JADCO will be required to pay is a sign from the CAS that JADCO's failures in handling their cases are unacceptable."

Both athletes are grateful for the support they received not just from friends and family over the last year but also from their fellow Jamaicans and they cannot wait to hit the track and fly the Jamaican flag high.

The authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis have revoked the work permit granted to Jamaican artiste, Alkaline, to perform in the country today.

Alkaline, whose given name is Earlan Bartley, was scheduled to headline a concert in Nevis.

In a statement, Police Commissioner Celvin Walwyn said the Nevis Police Command decided to revoke the permission granted for the concert, out of respect for the Office of the Premier.

Commissioner Walwyn said, prior to the revocation, he sent Premier Vance Amory an article on an incident involving Jamaican artiste Tommy Lee Sparta. That artiste is in a row with Dominica over his alleged denial of entry in February.

The Commissioner said he warned the Premier of civil issues resulting from a revocation of permission to the Alkaline headlined concert.

Premier Amory had raised strong objection to Alkaline's performance on the ground that it could elicit lewdness. He said the lyrics may further aggravate the already fragile social environment and impressionable young people.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - A cancer stricken businessman, shot and killed his wife before committing suicide near the Shore of Peace cremation site at Mosquito Creek near Port of Spain on Friday.

Relatives said that 58-year-old Donald Ragoo had telephoned them soon after shooting dead his 40-year-old common-law wife, Pamela Maharaj, informing them where the bodies would be found. Both bodies bore a single gunshot wound to the head.

Relatives said Ragoo had been diagnosed with cancer but became more depressed recently after he lost his businesses in a court case with his former in laws.

"They were very depressed and last year Donald found out that he had cancer. He built that house from scratch and when he lost the case they told him that he had to leave his home. They did not have anywhere to go," one relative told reporters.

Police said Ragoo had also set fire to the properties, including a restaurant, before committing the murder-suicide.

The security guard at The Tacky High School in St Mary has been found dead at the school.

Commanding Officer for the St. Mary Police, Superintendent Dean Johnson says the body has been confirmed as that of the school's security guard.

The guard is said to have been on duty on the morning of May 5 when a massive fire destroyed the administrative block of the school.The fire was set by arsonists.

Reports are that four armed men arrived at the school about 1:00a.m., held up the security guard and demanded the combination key to a vault at the It is alleged that when their demand was not met they tied up the security guard and went to the administration block and later set the building on fire.

THE St Andrew Central police have intensified their search for a homosexual man known to frequent the Shoemaker Gully at Trafalgar Road in New Kingston in relation to the murder of a man in May.

The fugitive has been identified as Jevaughn Francis, also called 'Pebbles'.

Police said that in the early hours of Sunday May 18 this year, a man was using his cellular phone while walking by the spot, now called the 'Gay Bridge', when he was attacked and dragged into the gully and stabbed repeatedly after he resisted being robbed.

The victim died the following day but was able to provide a description of the man who robbed and stabbed him.

The dead man has been identified as 18-year-old Rasheed Samuda of Myers Street in Kingston 12.

Francis is also wanted for several robberies committed in the New Kingston area at nights.

The night before the fatal attack, another man who was walking past the gay bridge was also attacked and stabbed after he resisted attempts by two men to steal his cellular phone.His description of the men who robbed him fit a man known as Ramon Francis, also called 'Teetus' or 'Ishana'.

Beenie Man is sticking by his statement, that "He Is The Balance In Dancehall".

The International Recording Artiste who came under heavy criticisms for comments he made in an interview with New York based Radio Station, Hot 97, says he believes that though what he said was "misunderstood", he and fellow entertainer Bounty Killer, are the ones who kept the "balance" in the genre, and have been doing so for many years.

Meanwhile Beenie Man says the feedback he continuously receives while on tour proves his relevance.

Local DJ Sanjay is alleged to have been booted from Coppershot, a sound system he has been playing with prior to being signed to Fame FM.

According to sources, the owners of the sound system have been at odds with the DJ because he has constantly made references to Fame FM when he is doing gigs on the behalf of Coppershot.

The sources allege that Sanjay has constantly used Fame FM jingles in his juggling instead of promoting Coppershot when he is on the road. The DJ recently played at Absinthe, however he did not share stage with fellow Coppershot DJs Cutty and others.

It is also said that Cutty did not bigup Sanjay who had just played before him, neither did Sanjay, despite the fact that they play the same sound system.

Mr Vegas has accused fellow recording artiste I-Octane of trying to sabotage his performance at the upcoming Reggae Sumfest by telling his back-up singer to stop working with him, an accusation denied by I-Octane's camp.

"Its unfortunate that, two weeks leading up to the show, I have to be searching for a back-up singer, and me and this person have been working together for over three years, without problems. She was forced to stop working with me because she was asked to choose between me and I-Octane, and she decided that she will not take any side," Mr Vegas continued.

"As a female, the back-up singer felt intimidated and sey she cannot work with neither me nor I- Octane for this Sumfest, because she doesn't want to be in such a position. It's unfortunate that they took such a route because they didn't need to involve her," Mr Vegas said, adding he will now have to train a new backup singer, who will be less familiar with his material. I take my show very professional because I choose performance over a bag of torches. She is also going to lose money because of this and to think she only started to work with I-Octane about a year now, it's sad because I was ok with her working with him" . He said.

Following Beenie Man's interview on Hot 97 during which he said he was the only artiste representing for dancehall music, Elephant Man has come out swinging at the Sim Simma deejay, because Beenie Man also claimed that Elephant Man, Baby Cham and Mr Vegas were broken down.

"Beenie Man badmind until him teeth and the middle of him hair a drop out. He never has nothing good to say about other artistes. I was booked for Best of The Best, but I had problems leaving my European tour. I performed at BET the same time with him, and him sey mi nuh have nuh hit song. Suh tell mi which hit song Beenie Man have? Beenie Man don't have a hit song. Nobody cyah guh up a di hills and point pon Beenie Man house. Yu gone pon interview gone tell people sey a you alone a duh good inna music, after dem never ask yu bout yuself. When Vybz Kartel deh road, yu run bakka the man and talk bout Gaza yu sey, then yu same one gone pon interview gone bash di man. Mi deh Europe, and di bwoy know sey mi deh Europe, and gone tell people foolishness," a seemingly upset Elephant Man said. " Elephant Man said.

TESSANNE Chin's album, Count on My Love debuted in the top 10 on the iTunes album Top 100 chart, peaking at number six before rounding off the day in the 10th spot.

The 10-track production features singles produced by the likes of Supa Dups and writers including Diane Warren and Ryan Tedder.

Social media began buzzing early yesterday as fans of the Jamaican singer raved about the potency of the tracks which includes Tumbling Down, which was written for the winner of the competition, as well as Everything Reminds Me of You which Chin premiered a few weeks ago on The Voice.

Chin thanked her fans on social media for putting the word out there as well as clamouring for the product which was not available in some markets.

Chin is also looking forward to her performance at Reggae Sumfest on Saturday, July 19.

The artiste is currently part of The Voice Tour and has already completed eight gigs with another 31 to go in all the major cities in the United States as well as a stop in Toronto, Canada.

A Jamaican bisexual who yesterday lost his asylum battle in a British court is now facing deportation.

According to the Advocate.com, the 32-year-old Jamaican, Orashia Edwards, lost his lengthy legal battle with the United Kingdom's Home Office when he was denied asylum on the basis of his sexuality. The court concluded that Edwards was "dishonest" about his sexuality, apparently not believing that he is bisexual.

Edwards and his family fear that he will face persecution upon the return to his homeland because of his sexual orientation, the report said.

The Advocate.com report said that although the court did not release any official documentation about why it found his sexual orientation "dishonest", Edwards does have a newborn daughter in Leeds, where he has reportedly been residing for the past 14 years.

Outside of the courtroom, the scene was tearful as family and friends expressed outrage at the decision.

"What they are doing is they are sending my son to die, and I will never forgive them for that," Edwards' mother told ITV.com. "I will never forgive this government for that," the report quoted her.

Leeds for Change -- an organisation that campaigns on behalf of LGBT asylum-seekers -- staged protests earlier this year, started an online petition which garnered nearly 1,000 signatures, hoping to interrupt his deportation, and successfully got a flight cancelled that was meant to deport Edwards last January. The activist group is looking to obtain a similar outcome for the British Airways flight scheduled to deport Edwards today, asking followers to call, tweet, and e-mail the airline and ask that it cancel his flight, said the Advocate.com report.

Minister of National Security, Honourable Peter Bunting, has been advised of the request by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Owen Ellington to retire from his post on completion of vacation leave due to him.

He will proceed on leave on Tuesday July 1, 2014.

Commissioner Ellington has indicated that his decision to retire is based on the need to separate himself from the leadership and management of the Force prior to the commencement of the upcoming Commission of Enquiry into the conduct of the Operations of the Security Forces in Western Kingston and other areas during the limited State of Emergency in 2010.

In addition, he believes it will allow the Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, to conduct its investigation into allegations of police-involved killings in the Clarendon Division (some of which occurred during his tenure) without any perception of influence or interference on his part.

The Minister of National Security expresses appreciation for the thirty-four years of service Mr. Ellington gave to the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the people of Jamaica.

The Minister also acknowledges Mr. Ellington's contribution to improving the professionalism of the JCF and establishing strategies that have led to a significant reduction in crime and improvement in public security during his tenure as Commissioner.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds has been appointed to act as Commissioner of Police effective Tuesday, July 1, 2014 while the Police Service Commission commences the process of appointing a new Commissioner of Police.

The Music Industry Achievers Awards has announced Monday August 25, 2014 as the new date for the much anticipated event. The event will be held at the Courtleigh Auditorium with the walking of the red carpet at 6:00 and the show beginning at 7:00pm sharp as originally scheduled.

"I am elated to announce Monday August 25, 2014 as the new date for the Music Industry Achievers Awards. Everything will continue as originally scheduled and I hope to see everyone in attendance." Said Nackesha Doyley.

The Music Industry Achievers which was originally scheduled for Thursday July 10, 2014 was forced to be postponed due to reasons beyond our control.

"I was forced to postpone the event due to personal reasons. I was grief stricken after making the sudden postponement but my hands were tied" said Nackesha Doyley.

She continues, "As the premier event, everyone is trusting that we deliver a top class event and I am happy to say that we are on top of our game."

The CEO and founder of the Music Industry Achievers Awards Nackesha Doyley also wants to express her deepest gratitude to all her supporters, sponsors, performers for being so understanding and supportive.

"I wish to thank you all again for the continued support, my sponsors, my ambassadors, my performers, everyone really and also special thanks to my phenomenal team."

Attendees will be entertained by performances from Versatile, Seanizzle, Tnez, Iyara, Omari, Ikaya and many more. Tickets are available at Quick Fix Tectronics, Shop #50 Clock Tower Plaza so go and get your tickets now.

Please visit our facebook page Music Industry Achievers Awards and Instagram queenie_miaawards for more information. You can also contact miaproduction@hotmail.com or call 1 (876) 389 2506

"Yow, me deh ya a watch dancehall night and a watch the new crop of artistes and yow, I gotta come back. I gotta come show dem how to do it. I mean, the show was boring. Nobody performance stand out; nobody outfit stand out except for Mr Vegas an the platform shoes," Mr Lexx complained.

"We need more entertainment. It's entertainment; everybody a tek this ting too serious an di music dark. we need back happy music. we need performances and entertainment. Mi deh deh an a watch di whole crowd and I was saying, 'dem need me, I gotta come back."

Queen Latesha believes sucking should have no place in dancehall, this is what she said in a recent interview.

"I go to Europe and Japan to teach dancing at workshops and nobody will book you for walking like a dog or sucking on a bottle in the dancehall. I am fed up with these songs which are degrading females, and I don't want my music to travel in a direction of slackness, but I just wanted to flip the script to show Gage how it feels and how it sounds when he speaks to females in that manner," Queen Latesha said.

She even chastised selectors for endorsing songs which blatantly objectifies females. Songs like Touch You by Alkaline, which encourages females to stimulate his rectum with their tongue, and Throat Queen Latesha believes should have no place in dancehall.

"Dem hurry come up selector and artiste yah need to do better. As for the females, none of these artistes that tell you to perform these acts will want to wife you, they don't want a woman who does the disgusting things they tell you to do. Artistes need to do songs to empower women, some of them only sing songs because they have the opportunity to and have no substance," she said.

Chronixx will make an appearance on popular US late-night TV show, the Tonight Show with iconic host Jimmy Fallon on July 22. The show is scheduled to be aired on NBC at 11:35 p.m. The Here Comes Trouble singer will be the first reggae artist to appear on The Tonight Show since Fallon took over from former host Jay Leno in February.

Chronixx is also set to perform in Central Park, New York City alongside Junior Reid on July 26 at a free concert hosted by Large Up and Federation Sound. Chronixx and his band, The Zinc Fence Redemption Band, will then head to Belgium for the first leg of The Dread and The Terrible Euro Summer Tour which is slated to make stops in Germany, Slovenia, London, Switzerland and Croatia.

The reggae artiste often compared to Peter Tosh, is promoting his debut album. The Dread and The Terrible, released this year.

Khago, who recently returned to the island said: "I feel good about being nominated. I didn't expect it but a di hard work wey mi put in. It's a good look to see that yu sing a song three years ago and when yu step in a hip-hop club yu music still a play if dem even only a play three songs from dancehall. Win or lose, I still win, because we a go up against people like Vybz Kartel and Gyptian. Sometime all yu need is one song to connect with the people and Nah Sell Out has a good chance'.

Khago continued: "Inna Jamaica, dem always a put away music too fast, but in America and the rest of the world a different thing, music last longer."

Other notable Jamaican-produced songs which made the cut are Vybz Kartel's Cake Soap, Mavado's Pepper, Gyptian's Hold You among others.

More than 400 children across the United Kingdom have been protected from harm as a result, the National Crime Agency said in a statement.

Thirty-nine of the suspects were registered sex offenders, the statement said, meaning the vast majority were not previously known to police. Their number also included social care workers and former police officers.

The operation was kept under wraps until Wednesday to protect children and gather evidence against the accused, the statement said.

The National Crime Agency is not revealing the methods used to track down the suspects because it hopes to deploy them again in the future.

The charges brought so far range from possession of indecent images of children to serious sexual assault, it said. Many suspects have yet to be charged in the case.

"This is the first time the UK has had the capability to coordinate a single targeted operation of this nature," said Phil Gormley, the agency's deputy director general.

"Our aim was to protect children who were victims of, or might be at risk of, sexual exploitation. A child is victimized not only when they are abused and an image is taken. They are re-victimized every time that image is viewed by someone."

Some of those who start by looking at indecent images online go on to abuse children directly, he said, so arresting them now may prevent them from crossing that line.

The operation comes amid wide public concern over the issue of sexual abuse of children in the United Kingdom.

The publicity around those high-profile cases appears to have encouraged others to come forward with allegations of abuse.

Chief Constable Simon Bailey said the majority of police forces in England and Wales are dealing with an "unprecedented increase" in reports of sexual abuse of children.

"Forces are investigating exploitation of children and young people by groups and gangs, non-recent abuse including large-scale investigations into abuse in institutions over many years and sexual abuse by parents and family members," he said.

Queen Latesha lashes out at Gage for encouraging females to perform oral sex with his pro-oral sex single Throat.

Queen Latesha has counteracted the single, and says Throat is derogatory to females and she wants her counteraction called, Yu Mouth, to make male artistes understand how it feels when females have to contend with filthy content targeting their sex life.

The dancer also condemns females who endorse the songs in the dancehall by performing various taboo acts to get attention, such as sucking on liquor bottles to show their skills at performing oral sex.

It might be a case of using an 'eye for an eye'' technique. However, Queen Latesha says she was simply giving males a taste of their own medicine when she crafted the explicit lyrics "Open up yu, open up yu, open up yu mouth, bwoy".

"The male artistes are not elevating females and telling them to take their kids to school. All they are saying is oral sex and walk like a dog. This Throat song has females sucking off bottles in the dance and that is not a good look as a real veteran female dancer. I have been in the business over 10 years and I feel a way. When the world sees videos of females sucking on bottles and call it dancing, it will stop us from getting work...I go to Europe and Japan to teach dancing at workshops and nobody will book you for walking like a dog or sucking on a bottle in the dancehall. I am fed up with these songs which are degrading females, and I don't want my music to travel in a direction of slackness, but I just wanted to flip the script to show Gage how it feels and how it sounds when he speaks to females in that manner...Dem hurry come up selector and artiste yah need to do better. As for the females, none of these artistes that tell you to perform these acts will want to wife you, they don't want a woman who does the disgusting things they tell you to do. Artistes need to do songs to empower women, some of them only sing songs because they have the opportunity to and have no substance," she said. ," Queen Latesha said.

A three year old Philippine girl woke up at her own funeral after doctors declared her clinically dead, only to be again pronounced dead later by a health officer.

According to the United Kingdom's (UK) Daily Mail, the girl was pronounced dead on Friday, July 11 and her family arranged a funeral. A relative heard movements during the ceremony and opened the coffin to find the child's head moving.

However, the joy would be short-lived as the child was again pronounced dead on Monday, July 14.

Dr Mary Silyne Asor-Cabahug, the Municipal Health Officer of Aurora assessed the child's condition but found no signs of life and made the final pronouncement, the Daily Mail said. Dr Asor-Cabahug further advised the family to bury the body as soon as possible to prevent disease.

The Ministry of Health revealed last night that its heightened surveillance system has detected a suspected imported case of the chikungunya virus.

In a release from the health ministry, Chief Medical Officer Dr Kevin Harvey said the case was an individual who travelled from an affected country and fell ill.

The individual had screening tests done at a private laboratory in Jamaica, which gave indications of the illness.

A sample which was taken and sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency for confirmation, if found positive, would confirm Jamaica's first imported case of the chikungunya virus.

The health ministry said it had been putting measures in place for more than two years in anticipation of the chikungunya virus reaching Jamaican shores.

The ministry urges persons travelling to and from countries that have confirmed cases of the virus to ensure that they protect themselves from mosquito bites by using insect repellent containing DEET and covering their bodies as much as possible by, for example, wearing long-sleeved clothing.

There is no specific treatment for the chikungunya virus nor is there a vaccine.

As of Monday, 28 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America have reported cases of chikungunya, with 5,227 confirmed.

Symptoms of chikungunyan:

High fever

Headache

Muscle pain

Joint pain mainly in the limbs and large joints

A rash

Although it does not often result in death, joint pains and stiffness can last for months and even years. It may become a source of chronic pain and disability, resulting in the individual being unable to attend work or school.

Infants and the elderly are at greater risk for more severe disease. There are some diseases that may increase the risk for severe reactions such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.

Anyone who experiences any of the symptoms of chikungunya is asked to visit a doctor or the nearest health centre immediately.

Markus Records wishes to advise the public that he is NOT seeking money from anyone in order to raise funds in aid of his father. He also wishes to advise the public that anyone soliciting monies in aid of a concert for Buju Banton is fraudulent.

"It has recently reached me that there imposters who are pretending to be me and are claiming that they are seeking funds for a concert to help my father. I want to tell Jamaica and the rest of the world that this is the farthest thing from the truth." Markus stated.

He continues, "You have some very unscrupulous individuals out there who are trying to tarnish my reputation but I will not have it. These imposters are calling around entertainers and other media personnel saying that they are Markus and is collecting money for concert in aid of my father."

Markus Records further warns the pubic that they should not pay any money to anyone who claims that they are acting on behalf of Buju Banton.

"Please I am asking the public to be very careful about who they hand over their hard earn money to. Under no circumstances should you give any money to anyone who claims that they are representatives of Buju Banton. Neither my father nor I have given that right to anyone to collect money on his behalf".

This comes only a few months after promoters in Trinidad were tricked by "agents" of Buju who claimed they were collecting money in aid of a concert for Buju.

Anyone who is caught collecting money on behalf of Buju Banton will suffer legal consequences. Also if anyone is aware of this fraudulent act immediately inform the relevant authorities.

"I urge that if you have fallen prey or victim to this act, please seek the relevant authorities and report it. Markus Records is not liable for any monies collected from anyone but I sincerely apologize if you were drawn in by these imposters."

A 25-year-old British woman has spent nearly $30,000 on surgical procedures to keep up with Sex Tape/Reality TV star Kim Kardashian. Claire Louise Leeson started the kardashification process when she was just 17, and now has bigger boobs, whiter teeth, and so, so much spray tan.

Appearing on the U.K. talk show This Morning, she explained that she wears pants with silicone padding to fake Kim's famous booty, but she's considering getting actually butt implants as a next step.

Claire Louise Leeson says she was bullied and called ugly as a child, and the Kim Kardashian $30,000 look alike plastic surgery is all part of overcoming that.

American pastor James Bryant says these hoes aint loyal, while preaching, and gets donkey of the day by popular radio show based in U.S, the Breakfast Club. According the the pastor "Every brother would you tap another brother's ass, these hoes aint loyal".

Kingston, Jamaica July 14, 2014 - Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson this morning received their Arbitral Award from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Both Athletes wish to first and foremost thank CAS for its fast, effective and world class jurisprudence. The hearings were professionally conducted and focused on the law and therefore the sanction of 6 months commencing on June 21, 2013 is understood and accepted by both Asafa and Sherone as that is what the law calls for in such cases.

"I never felt that I should not have received a sanction" said Asafa, "However, I always felt that the 18 months was not in line with a first time positive test result and it being proven it came from a tainted supplement."

CAS has not just reduced the sentences of both athletes but it also awarded ALL costs associated with arbitration for the CAS hearing as well as additional monies in legal fees to be paid by JADCO. It is believed to be one of the largest awards in the history of CAS.

Simpson said "I feel total relief and that we have finally been vindicated. We both knew that we had done all we could to ensure the supplement was ok before taking it ... our actions were not intentional and CAS has recognized that. I am truly thankful."

Asafa and Sherone are eligible to run immediately and will both be back on the track tomorrow July 14, 2014 at Luzern Spitzenleichtathletik in Switzerland with a renewed sense of excitement and passion.

Paul Greene attorney for both athletes said "We are elated by the results but knew all along this is the sanction the case law interpreting the World Anti-Doping Code demanded. The Code requires that sanctions for athletes be harmonized in light of their degree of fault. Asafa and Sherone's degree of fault when compared to the athletes sanctioned before them was at the low end of the 0-24 month range under Article 10.4 of the Code. The real shame of this is that we can't go back in time to December 22, 2013 when they should have been back competing. Had the JADCO Panel followed the IAAF rules Asafa and Sherone would have had a hearing within 3 months and been able to compete all of 2014. The nearly historic cost that JADCO will be required to pay is a sign from the CAS that JADCO's failures in handling their cases are unacceptable."

Both athletes are grateful for the support they received not just from friends and family over the last year but also from their fellow Jamaicans and they cannot wait to hit the track and fly the Jamaican flag high.

The authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis have revoked the work permit granted to Jamaican artiste, Alkaline, to perform in the country today.

Alkaline, whose given name is Earlan Bartley, was scheduled to headline a concert in Nevis.

In a statement, Police Commissioner Celvin Walwyn said the Nevis Police Command decided to revoke the permission granted for the concert, out of respect for the Office of the Premier.

Commissioner Walwyn said, prior to the revocation, he sent Premier Vance Amory an article on an incident involving Jamaican artiste Tommy Lee Sparta. That artiste is in a row with Dominica over his alleged denial of entry in February.

The Commissioner said he warned the Premier of civil issues resulting from a revocation of permission to the Alkaline headlined concert.

Premier Amory had raised strong objection to Alkaline's performance on the ground that it could elicit lewdness. He said the lyrics may further aggravate the already fragile social environment and impressionable young people.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - A cancer stricken businessman, shot and killed his wife before committing suicide near the Shore of Peace cremation site at Mosquito Creek near Port of Spain on Friday.

Relatives said that 58-year-old Donald Ragoo had telephoned them soon after shooting dead his 40-year-old common-law wife, Pamela Maharaj, informing them where the bodies would be found. Both bodies bore a single gunshot wound to the head.

Relatives said Ragoo had been diagnosed with cancer but became more depressed recently after he lost his businesses in a court case with his former in laws.

"They were very depressed and last year Donald found out that he had cancer. He built that house from scratch and when he lost the case they told him that he had to leave his home. They did not have anywhere to go," one relative told reporters.

Police said Ragoo had also set fire to the properties, including a restaurant, before committing the murder-suicide.

The security guard at The Tacky High School in St Mary has been found dead at the school.

Commanding Officer for the St. Mary Police, Superintendent Dean Johnson says the body has been confirmed as that of the school's security guard.

The guard is said to have been on duty on the morning of May 5 when a massive fire destroyed the administrative block of the school.The fire was set by arsonists.

Reports are that four armed men arrived at the school about 1:00a.m., held up the security guard and demanded the combination key to a vault at the It is alleged that when their demand was not met they tied up the security guard and went to the administration block and later set the building on fire.

THE St Andrew Central police have intensified their search for a homosexual man known to frequent the Shoemaker Gully at Trafalgar Road in New Kingston in relation to the murder of a man in May.

The fugitive has been identified as Jevaughn Francis, also called 'Pebbles'.

Police said that in the early hours of Sunday May 18 this year, a man was using his cellular phone while walking by the spot, now called the 'Gay Bridge', when he was attacked and dragged into the gully and stabbed repeatedly after he resisted being robbed.

The victim died the following day but was able to provide a description of the man who robbed and stabbed him.

The dead man has been identified as 18-year-old Rasheed Samuda of Myers Street in Kingston 12.

Francis is also wanted for several robberies committed in the New Kingston area at nights.

The night before the fatal attack, another man who was walking past the gay bridge was also attacked and stabbed after he resisted attempts by two men to steal his cellular phone.His description of the men who robbed him fit a man known as Ramon Francis, also called 'Teetus' or 'Ishana'.

Beenie Man is sticking by his statement, that "He Is The Balance In Dancehall".

The International Recording Artiste who came under heavy criticisms for comments he made in an interview with New York based Radio Station, Hot 97, says he believes that though what he said was "misunderstood", he and fellow entertainer Bounty Killer, are the ones who kept the "balance" in the genre, and have been doing so for many years.

Meanwhile Beenie Man says the feedback he continuously receives while on tour proves his relevance.

Local DJ Sanjay is alleged to have been booted from Coppershot, a sound system he has been playing with prior to being signed to Fame FM.

According to sources, the owners of the sound system have been at odds with the DJ because he has constantly made references to Fame FM when he is doing gigs on the behalf of Coppershot.

The sources allege that Sanjay has constantly used Fame FM jingles in his juggling instead of promoting Coppershot when he is on the road. The DJ recently played at Absinthe, however he did not share stage with fellow Coppershot DJs Cutty and others.

It is also said that Cutty did not bigup Sanjay who had just played before him, neither did Sanjay, despite the fact that they play the same sound system.

Mr Vegas has accused fellow recording artiste I-Octane of trying to sabotage his performance at the upcoming Reggae Sumfest by telling his back-up singer to stop working with him, an accusation denied by I-Octane's camp.

"Its unfortunate that, two weeks leading up to the show, I have to be searching for a back-up singer, and me and this person have been working together for over three years, without problems. She was forced to stop working with me because she was asked to choose between me and I-Octane, and she decided that she will not take any side," Mr Vegas continued.

"As a female, the back-up singer felt intimidated and sey she cannot work with neither me nor I- Octane for this Sumfest, because she doesn't want to be in such a position. It's unfortunate that they took such a route because they didn't need to involve her," Mr Vegas said, adding he will now have to train a new backup singer, who will be less familiar with his material. I take my show very professional because I choose performance over a bag of torches. She is also going to lose money because of this and to think she only started to work with I-Octane about a year now, it's sad because I was ok with her working with him" . He said.

Following Beenie Man's interview on Hot 97 during which he said he was the only artiste representing for dancehall music, Elephant Man has come out swinging at the Sim Simma deejay, because Beenie Man also claimed that Elephant Man, Baby Cham and Mr Vegas were broken down.

"Beenie Man badmind until him teeth and the middle of him hair a drop out. He never has nothing good to say about other artistes. I was booked for Best of The Best, but I had problems leaving my European tour. I performed at BET the same time with him, and him sey mi nuh have nuh hit song. Suh tell mi which hit song Beenie Man have? Beenie Man don't have a hit song. Nobody cyah guh up a di hills and point pon Beenie Man house. Yu gone pon interview gone tell people sey a you alone a duh good inna music, after dem never ask yu bout yuself. When Vybz Kartel deh road, yu run bakka the man and talk bout Gaza yu sey, then yu same one gone pon interview gone bash di man. Mi deh Europe, and di bwoy know sey mi deh Europe, and gone tell people foolishness," a seemingly upset Elephant Man said. " Elephant Man said.

TESSANNE Chin's album, Count on My Love debuted in the top 10 on the iTunes album Top 100 chart, peaking at number six before rounding off the day in the 10th spot.

The 10-track production features singles produced by the likes of Supa Dups and writers including Diane Warren and Ryan Tedder.

Social media began buzzing early yesterday as fans of the Jamaican singer raved about the potency of the tracks which includes Tumbling Down, which was written for the winner of the competition, as well as Everything Reminds Me of You which Chin premiered a few weeks ago on The Voice.

Chin thanked her fans on social media for putting the word out there as well as clamouring for the product which was not available in some markets.

Chin is also looking forward to her performance at Reggae Sumfest on Saturday, July 19.

The artiste is currently part of The Voice Tour and has already completed eight gigs with another 31 to go in all the major cities in the United States as well as a stop in Toronto, Canada.

A Jamaican bisexual who yesterday lost his asylum battle in a British court is now facing deportation.

According to the Advocate.com, the 32-year-old Jamaican, Orashia Edwards, lost his lengthy legal battle with the United Kingdom's Home Office when he was denied asylum on the basis of his sexuality. The court concluded that Edwards was "dishonest" about his sexuality, apparently not believing that he is bisexual.

Edwards and his family fear that he will face persecution upon the return to his homeland because of his sexual orientation, the report said.

The Advocate.com report said that although the court did not release any official documentation about why it found his sexual orientation "dishonest", Edwards does have a newborn daughter in Leeds, where he has reportedly been residing for the past 14 years.

Outside of the courtroom, the scene was tearful as family and friends expressed outrage at the decision.

"What they are doing is they are sending my son to die, and I will never forgive them for that," Edwards' mother told ITV.com. "I will never forgive this government for that," the report quoted her.

Leeds for Change -- an organisation that campaigns on behalf of LGBT asylum-seekers -- staged protests earlier this year, started an online petition which garnered nearly 1,000 signatures, hoping to interrupt his deportation, and successfully got a flight cancelled that was meant to deport Edwards last January. The activist group is looking to obtain a similar outcome for the British Airways flight scheduled to deport Edwards today, asking followers to call, tweet, and e-mail the airline and ask that it cancel his flight, said the Advocate.com report.

Minister of National Security, Honourable Peter Bunting, has been advised of the request by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Owen Ellington to retire from his post on completion of vacation leave due to him.

He will proceed on leave on Tuesday July 1, 2014.

Commissioner Ellington has indicated that his decision to retire is based on the need to separate himself from the leadership and management of the Force prior to the commencement of the upcoming Commission of Enquiry into the conduct of the Operations of the Security Forces in Western Kingston and other areas during the limited State of Emergency in 2010.

In addition, he believes it will allow the Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, to conduct its investigation into allegations of police-involved killings in the Clarendon Division (some of which occurred during his tenure) without any perception of influence or interference on his part.

The Minister of National Security expresses appreciation for the thirty-four years of service Mr. Ellington gave to the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the people of Jamaica.

The Minister also acknowledges Mr. Ellington's contribution to improving the professionalism of the JCF and establishing strategies that have led to a significant reduction in crime and improvement in public security during his tenure as Commissioner.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds has been appointed to act as Commissioner of Police effective Tuesday, July 1, 2014 while the Police Service Commission commences the process of appointing a new Commissioner of Police.

The Music Industry Achievers Awards has announced Monday August 25, 2014 as the new date for the much anticipated event. The event will be held at the Courtleigh Auditorium with the walking of the red carpet at 6:00 and the show beginning at 7:00pm sharp as originally scheduled.

"I am elated to announce Monday August 25, 2014 as the new date for the Music Industry Achievers Awards. Everything will continue as originally scheduled and I hope to see everyone in attendance." Said Nackesha Doyley.

The Music Industry Achievers which was originally scheduled for Thursday July 10, 2014 was forced to be postponed due to reasons beyond our control.

"I was forced to postpone the event due to personal reasons. I was grief stricken after making the sudden postponement but my hands were tied" said Nackesha Doyley.

She continues, "As the premier event, everyone is trusting that we deliver a top class event and I am happy to say that we are on top of our game."

The CEO and founder of the Music Industry Achievers Awards Nackesha Doyley also wants to express her deepest gratitude to all her supporters, sponsors, performers for being so understanding and supportive.

"I wish to thank you all again for the continued support, my sponsors, my ambassadors, my performers, everyone really and also special thanks to my phenomenal team."

Attendees will be entertained by performances from Versatile, Seanizzle, Tnez, Iyara, Omari, Ikaya and many more. Tickets are available at Quick Fix Tectronics, Shop #50 Clock Tower Plaza so go and get your tickets now.

Please visit our facebook page Music Industry Achievers Awards and Instagram queenie_miaawards for more information. You can also contact miaproduction@hotmail.com or call 1 (876) 389 2506

"Yow, me deh ya a watch dancehall night and a watch the new crop of artistes and yow, I gotta come back. I gotta come show dem how to do it. I mean, the show was boring. Nobody performance stand out; nobody outfit stand out except for Mr Vegas an the platform shoes," Mr Lexx complained.

"We need more entertainment. It's entertainment; everybody a tek this ting too serious an di music dark. we need back happy music. we need performances and entertainment. Mi deh deh an a watch di whole crowd and I was saying, 'dem need me, I gotta come back."

Queen Latesha believes sucking should have no place in dancehall, this is what she said in a recent interview.

"I go to Europe and Japan to teach dancing at workshops and nobody will book you for walking like a dog or sucking on a bottle in the dancehall. I am fed up with these songs which are degrading females, and I don't want my music to travel in a direction of slackness, but I just wanted to flip the script to show Gage how it feels and how it sounds when he speaks to females in that manner," Queen Latesha said.

She even chastised selectors for endorsing songs which blatantly objectifies females. Songs like Touch You by Alkaline, which encourages females to stimulate his rectum with their tongue, and Throat Queen Latesha believes should have no place in dancehall.

"Dem hurry come up selector and artiste yah need to do better. As for the females, none of these artistes that tell you to perform these acts will want to wife you, they don't want a woman who does the disgusting things they tell you to do. Artistes need to do songs to empower women, some of them only sing songs because they have the opportunity to and have no substance," she said.

Chronixx will make an appearance on popular US late-night TV show, the Tonight Show with iconic host Jimmy Fallon on July 22. The show is scheduled to be aired on NBC at 11:35 p.m. The Here Comes Trouble singer will be the first reggae artist to appear on The Tonight Show since Fallon took over from former host Jay Leno in February.

Chronixx is also set to perform in Central Park, New York City alongside Junior Reid on July 26 at a free concert hosted by Large Up and Federation Sound. Chronixx and his band, The Zinc Fence Redemption Band, will then head to Belgium for the first leg of The Dread and The Terrible Euro Summer Tour which is slated to make stops in Germany, Slovenia, London, Switzerland and Croatia.

The reggae artiste often compared to Peter Tosh, is promoting his debut album. The Dread and The Terrible, released this year.

Khago, who recently returned to the island said: "I feel good about being nominated. I didn't expect it but a di hard work wey mi put in. It's a good look to see that yu sing a song three years ago and when yu step in a hip-hop club yu music still a play if dem even only a play three songs from dancehall. Win or lose, I still win, because we a go up against people like Vybz Kartel and Gyptian. Sometime all yu need is one song to connect with the people and Nah Sell Out has a good chance'.

Khago continued: "Inna Jamaica, dem always a put away music too fast, but in America and the rest of the world a different thing, music last longer."

Other notable Jamaican-produced songs which made the cut are Vybz Kartel's Cake Soap, Mavado's Pepper, Gyptian's Hold You among others.

More than 400 children across the United Kingdom have been protected from harm as a result, the National Crime Agency said in a statement.

Thirty-nine of the suspects were registered sex offenders, the statement said, meaning the vast majority were not previously known to police. Their number also included social care workers and former police officers.

The operation was kept under wraps until Wednesday to protect children and gather evidence against the accused, the statement said.

The National Crime Agency is not revealing the methods used to track down the suspects because it hopes to deploy them again in the future.

The charges brought so far range from possession of indecent images of children to serious sexual assault, it said. Many suspects have yet to be charged in the case.

"This is the first time the UK has had the capability to coordinate a single targeted operation of this nature," said Phil Gormley, the agency's deputy director general.

"Our aim was to protect children who were victims of, or might be at risk of, sexual exploitation. A child is victimized not only when they are abused and an image is taken. They are re-victimized every time that image is viewed by someone."

Some of those who start by looking at indecent images online go on to abuse children directly, he said, so arresting them now may prevent them from crossing that line.

The operation comes amid wide public concern over the issue of sexual abuse of children in the United Kingdom.

The publicity around those high-profile cases appears to have encouraged others to come forward with allegations of abuse.

Chief Constable Simon Bailey said the majority of police forces in England and Wales are dealing with an "unprecedented increase" in reports of sexual abuse of children.

"Forces are investigating exploitation of children and young people by groups and gangs, non-recent abuse including large-scale investigations into abuse in institutions over many years and sexual abuse by parents and family members," he said.

Queen Latesha lashes out at Gage for encouraging females to perform oral sex with his pro-oral sex single Throat.

Queen Latesha has counteracted the single, and says Throat is derogatory to females and she wants her counteraction called, Yu Mouth, to make male artistes understand how it feels when females have to contend with filthy content targeting their sex life.

The dancer also condemns females who endorse the songs in the dancehall by performing various taboo acts to get attention, such as sucking on liquor bottles to show their skills at performing oral sex.

It might be a case of using an 'eye for an eye'' technique. However, Queen Latesha says she was simply giving males a taste of their own medicine when she crafted the explicit lyrics "Open up yu, open up yu, open up yu mouth, bwoy".

"The male artistes are not elevating females and telling them to take their kids to school. All they are saying is oral sex and walk like a dog. This Throat song has females sucking off bottles in the dance and that is not a good look as a real veteran female dancer. I have been in the business over 10 years and I feel a way. When the world sees videos of females sucking on bottles and call it dancing, it will stop us from getting work...I go to Europe and Japan to teach dancing at workshops and nobody will book you for walking like a dog or sucking on a bottle in the dancehall. I am fed up with these songs which are degrading females, and I don't want my music to travel in a direction of slackness, but I just wanted to flip the script to show Gage how it feels and how it sounds when he speaks to females in that manner...Dem hurry come up selector and artiste yah need to do better. As for the females, none of these artistes that tell you to perform these acts will want to wife you, they don't want a woman who does the disgusting things they tell you to do. Artistes need to do songs to empower women, some of them only sing songs because they have the opportunity to and have no substance," she said. ," Queen Latesha said.

A three year old Philippine girl woke up at her own funeral after doctors declared her clinically dead, only to be again pronounced dead later by a health officer.

According to the United Kingdom's (UK) Daily Mail, the girl was pronounced dead on Friday, July 11 and her family arranged a funeral. A relative heard movements during the ceremony and opened the coffin to find the child's head moving.

However, the joy would be short-lived as the child was again pronounced dead on Monday, July 14.

Dr Mary Silyne Asor-Cabahug, the Municipal Health Officer of Aurora assessed the child's condition but found no signs of life and made the final pronouncement, the Daily Mail said. Dr Asor-Cabahug further advised the family to bury the body as soon as possible to prevent disease.

The Ministry of Health revealed last night that its heightened surveillance system has detected a suspected imported case of the chikungunya virus.

In a release from the health ministry, Chief Medical Officer Dr Kevin Harvey said the case was an individual who travelled from an affected country and fell ill.

The individual had screening tests done at a private laboratory in Jamaica, which gave indications of the illness.

A sample which was taken and sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency for confirmation, if found positive, would confirm Jamaica's first imported case of the chikungunya virus.

The health ministry said it had been putting measures in place for more than two years in anticipation of the chikungunya virus reaching Jamaican shores.

The ministry urges persons travelling to and from countries that have confirmed cases of the virus to ensure that they protect themselves from mosquito bites by using insect repellent containing DEET and covering their bodies as much as possible by, for example, wearing long-sleeved clothing.

There is no specific treatment for the chikungunya virus nor is there a vaccine.

As of Monday, 28 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America have reported cases of chikungunya, with 5,227 confirmed.

Symptoms of chikungunyan:

High fever

Headache

Muscle pain

Joint pain mainly in the limbs and large joints

A rash

Although it does not often result in death, joint pains and stiffness can last for months and even years. It may become a source of chronic pain and disability, resulting in the individual being unable to attend work or school.

Infants and the elderly are at greater risk for more severe disease. There are some diseases that may increase the risk for severe reactions such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease.

Anyone who experiences any of the symptoms of chikungunya is asked to visit a doctor or the nearest health centre immediately.

Markus Records wishes to advise the public that he is NOT seeking money from anyone in order to raise funds in aid of his father. He also wishes to advise the public that anyone soliciting monies in aid of a concert for Buju Banton is fraudulent.

"It has recently reached me that there imposters who are pretending to be me and are claiming that they are seeking funds for a concert to help my father. I want to tell Jamaica and the rest of the world that this is the farthest thing from the truth." Markus stated.

He continues, "You have some very unscrupulous individuals out there who are trying to tarnish my reputation but I will not have it. These imposters are calling around entertainers and other media personnel saying that they are Markus and is collecting money for concert in aid of my father."

Markus Records further warns the pubic that they should not pay any money to anyone who claims that they are acting on behalf of Buju Banton.

"Please I am asking the public to be very careful about who they hand over their hard earn money to. Under no circumstances should you give any money to anyone who claims that they are representatives of Buju Banton. Neither my father nor I have given that right to anyone to collect money on his behalf".

This comes only a few months after promoters in Trinidad were tricked by "agents" of Buju who claimed they were collecting money in aid of a concert for Buju.

Anyone who is caught collecting money on behalf of Buju Banton will suffer legal consequences. Also if anyone is aware of this fraudulent act immediately inform the relevant authorities.

"I urge that if you have fallen prey or victim to this act, please seek the relevant authorities and report it. Markus Records is not liable for any monies collected from anyone but I sincerely apologize if you were drawn in by these imposters."

A 25-year-old British woman has spent nearly $30,000 on surgical procedures to keep up with Sex Tape/Reality TV star Kim Kardashian. Claire Louise Leeson started the kardashification process when she was just 17, and now has bigger boobs, whiter teeth, and so, so much spray tan.

Appearing on the U.K. talk show This Morning, she explained that she wears pants with silicone padding to fake Kim's famous booty, but she's considering getting actually butt implants as a next step.

Claire Louise Leeson says she was bullied and called ugly as a child, and the Kim Kardashian $30,000 look alike plastic surgery is all part of overcoming that.

American pastor James Bryant says these hoes aint loyal, while preaching, and gets donkey of the day by popular radio show based in U.S, the Breakfast Club. According the the pastor "Every brother would you tap another brother's ass, these hoes aint loyal".

Kingston, Jamaica July 14, 2014 - Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson this morning received their Arbitral Award from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Both Athletes wish to first and foremost thank CAS for its fast, effective and world class jurisprudence. The hearings were professionally conducted and focused on the law and therefore the sanction of 6 months commencing on June 21, 2013 is understood and accepted by both Asafa and Sherone as that is what the law calls for in such cases.

"I never felt that I should not have received a sanction" said Asafa, "However, I always felt that the 18 months was not in line with a first time positive test result and it being proven it came from a tainted supplement."

CAS has not just reduced the sentences of both athletes but it also awarded ALL costs associated with arbitration for the CAS hearing as well as additional monies in legal fees to be paid by JADCO. It is believed to be one of the largest awards in the history of CAS.

Simpson said "I feel total relief and that we have finally been vindicated. We both knew that we had done all we could to ensure the supplement was ok before taking it ... our actions were not intentional and CAS has recognized that. I am truly thankful."

Asafa and Sherone are eligible to run immediately and will both be back on the track tomorrow July 14, 2014 at Luzern Spitzenleichtathletik in Switzerland with a renewed sense of excitement and passion.

Paul Greene attorney for both athletes said "We are elated by the results but knew all along this is the sanction the case law interpreting the World Anti-Doping Code demanded. The Code requires that sanctions for athletes be harmonized in light of their degree of fault. Asafa and Sherone's degree of fault when compared to the athletes sanctioned before them was at the low end of the 0-24 month range under Article 10.4 of the Code. The real shame of this is that we can't go back in time to December 22, 2013 when they should have been back competing. Had the JADCO Panel followed the IAAF rules Asafa and Sherone would have had a hearing within 3 months and been able to compete all of 2014. The nearly historic cost that JADCO will be required to pay is a sign from the CAS that JADCO's failures in handling their cases are unacceptable."

Both athletes are grateful for the support they received not just from friends and family over the last year but also from their fellow Jamaicans and they cannot wait to hit the track and fly the Jamaican flag high.

The authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis have revoked the work permit granted to Jamaican artiste, Alkaline, to perform in the country today.

Alkaline, whose given name is Earlan Bartley, was scheduled to headline a concert in Nevis.

In a statement, Police Commissioner Celvin Walwyn said the Nevis Police Command decided to revoke the permission granted for the concert, out of respect for the Office of the Premier.

Commissioner Walwyn said, prior to the revocation, he sent Premier Vance Amory an article on an incident involving Jamaican artiste Tommy Lee Sparta. That artiste is in a row with Dominica over his alleged denial of entry in February.

The Commissioner said he warned the Premier of civil issues resulting from a revocation of permission to the Alkaline headlined concert.

Premier Amory had raised strong objection to Alkaline's performance on the ground that it could elicit lewdness. He said the lyrics may further aggravate the already fragile social environment and impressionable young people.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - A cancer stricken businessman, shot and killed his wife before committing suicide near the Shore of Peace cremation site at Mosquito Creek near Port of Spain on Friday.

Relatives said that 58-year-old Donald Ragoo had telephoned them soon after shooting dead his 40-year-old common-law wife, Pamela Maharaj, informing them where the bodies would be found. Both bodies bore a single gunshot wound to the head.

Relatives said Ragoo had been diagnosed with cancer but became more depressed recently after he lost his businesses in a court case with his former in laws.

"They were very depressed and last year Donald found out that he had cancer. He built that house from scratch and when he lost the case they told him that he had to leave his home. They did not have anywhere to go," one relative told reporters.

Police said Ragoo had also set fire to the properties, including a restaurant, before committing the murder-suicide.

The security guard at The Tacky High School in St Mary has been found dead at the school.

Commanding Officer for the St. Mary Police, Superintendent Dean Johnson says the body has been confirmed as that of the school's security guard.

The guard is said to have been on duty on the morning of May 5 when a massive fire destroyed the administrative block of the school.The fire was set by arsonists.

Reports are that four armed men arrived at the school about 1:00a.m., held up the security guard and demanded the combination key to a vault at the It is alleged that when their demand was not met they tied up the security guard and went to the administration block and later set the building on fire.

THE St Andrew Central police have intensified their search for a homosexual man known to frequent the Shoemaker Gully at Trafalgar Road in New Kingston in relation to the murder of a man in May.

The fugitive has been identified as Jevaughn Francis, also called 'Pebbles'.

Police said that in the early hours of Sunday May 18 this year, a man was using his cellular phone while walking by the spot, now called the 'Gay Bridge', when he was attacked and dragged into the gully and stabbed repeatedly after he resisted being robbed.

The victim died the following day but was able to provide a description of the man who robbed and stabbed him.

The dead man has been identified as 18-year-old Rasheed Samuda of Myers Street in Kingston 12.

Francis is also wanted for several robberies committed in the New Kingston area at nights.

The night before the fatal attack, another man who was walking past the gay bridge was also attacked and stabbed after he resisted attempts by two men to steal his cellular phone.His description of the men who robbed him fit a man known as Ramon Francis, also called 'Teetus' or 'Ishana'.

Beenie Man is sticking by his statement, that "He Is The Balance In Dancehall".

The International Recording Artiste who came under heavy criticisms for comments he made in an interview with New York based Radio Station, Hot 97, says he believes that though what he said was "misunderstood", he and fellow entertainer Bounty Killer, are the ones who kept the "balance" in the genre, and have been doing so for many years.

Meanwhile Beenie Man says the feedback he continuously receives while on tour proves his relevance.

Local DJ Sanjay is alleged to have been booted from Coppershot, a sound system he has been playing with prior to being signed to Fame FM.

According to sources, the owners of the sound system have been at odds with the DJ because he has constantly made references to Fame FM when he is doing gigs on the behalf of Coppershot.

The sources allege that Sanjay has constantly used Fame FM jingles in his juggling instead of promoting Coppershot when he is on the road. The DJ recently played at Absinthe, however he did not share stage with fellow Coppershot DJs Cutty and others.

It is also said that Cutty did not bigup Sanjay who had just played before him, neither did Sanjay, despite the fact that they play the same sound system.

Mr Vegas has accused fellow recording artiste I-Octane of trying to sabotage his performance at the upcoming Reggae Sumfest by telling his back-up singer to stop working with him, an accusation denied by I-Octane's camp.

"Its unfortunate that, two weeks leading up to the show, I have to be searching for a back-up singer, and me and this person have been working together for over three years, without problems. She was forced to stop working with me because she was asked to choose between me and I-Octane, and she decided that she will not take any side," Mr Vegas continued.

"As a female, the back-up singer felt intimidated and sey she cannot work with neither me nor I- Octane for this Sumfest, because she doesn't want to be in such a position. It's unfortunate that they took such a route because they didn't need to involve her," Mr Vegas said, adding he will now have to train a new backup singer, who will be less familiar with his material. I take my show very professional because I choose performance over a bag of torches. She is also going to lose money because of this and to think she only started to work with I-Octane about a year now, it's sad because I was ok with her working with him" . He said.

Following Beenie Man's interview on Hot 97 during which he said he was the only artiste representing for dancehall music, Elephant Man has come out swinging at the Sim Simma deejay, because Beenie Man also claimed that Elephant Man, Baby Cham and Mr Vegas were broken down.

"Beenie Man badmind until him teeth and the middle of him hair a drop out. He never has nothing good to say about other artistes. I was booked for Best of The Best, but I had problems leaving my European tour. I performed at BET the same time with him, and him sey mi nuh have nuh hit song. Suh tell mi which hit song Beenie Man have? Beenie Man don't have a hit song. Nobody cyah guh up a di hills and point pon Beenie Man house. Yu gone pon interview gone tell people sey a you alone a duh good inna music, after dem never ask yu bout yuself. When Vybz Kartel deh road, yu run bakka the man and talk bout Gaza yu sey, then yu same one gone pon interview gone bash di man. Mi deh Europe, and di bwoy know sey mi deh Europe, and gone tell people foolishness," a seemingly upset Elephant Man said. " Elephant Man said.

TESSANNE Chin's album, Count on My Love debuted in the top 10 on the iTunes album Top 100 chart, peaking at number six before rounding off the day in the 10th spot.

The 10-track production features singles produced by the likes of Supa Dups and writers including Diane Warren and Ryan Tedder.

Social media began buzzing early yesterday as fans of the Jamaican singer raved about the potency of the tracks which includes Tumbling Down, which was written for the winner of the competition, as well as Everything Reminds Me of You which Chin premiered a few weeks ago on The Voice.

Chin thanked her fans on social media for putting the word out there as well as clamouring for the product which was not available in some markets.

Chin is also looking forward to her performance at Reggae Sumfest on Saturday, July 19.

The artiste is currently part of The Voice Tour and has already completed eight gigs with another 31 to go in all the major cities in the United States as well as a stop in Toronto, Canada.

A Jamaican bisexual who yesterday lost his asylum battle in a British court is now facing deportation.

According to the Advocate.com, the 32-year-old Jamaican, Orashia Edwards, lost his lengthy legal battle with the United Kingdom's Home Office when he was denied asylum on the basis of his sexuality. The court concluded that Edwards was "dishonest" about his sexuality, apparently not believing that he is bisexual.

Edwards and his family fear that he will face persecution upon the return to his homeland because of his sexual orientation, the report said.

The Advocate.com report said that although the court did not release any official documentation about why it found his sexual orientation "dishonest", Edwards does have a newborn daughter in Leeds, where he has reportedly been residing for the past 14 years.

Outside of the courtroom, the scene was tearful as family and friends expressed outrage at the decision.

"What they are doing is they are sending my son to die, and I will never forgive them for that," Edwards' mother told ITV.com. "I will never forgive this government for that," the report quoted her.

Leeds for Change -- an organisation that campaigns on behalf of LGBT asylum-seekers -- staged protests earlier this year, started an online petition which garnered nearly 1,000 signatures, hoping to interrupt his deportation, and successfully got a flight cancelled that was meant to deport Edwards last January. The activist group is looking to obtain a similar outcome for the British Airways flight scheduled to deport Edwards today, asking followers to call, tweet, and e-mail the airline and ask that it cancel his flight, said the Advocate.com report.

Minister of National Security, Honourable Peter Bunting, has been advised of the request by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Owen Ellington to retire from his post on completion of vacation leave due to him.

He will proceed on leave on Tuesday July 1, 2014.

Commissioner Ellington has indicated that his decision to retire is based on the need to separate himself from the leadership and management of the Force prior to the commencement of the upcoming Commission of Enquiry into the conduct of the Operations of the Security Forces in Western Kingston and other areas during the limited State of Emergency in 2010.

In addition, he believes it will allow the Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, to conduct its investigation into allegations of police-involved killings in the Clarendon Division (some of which occurred during his tenure) without any perception of influence or interference on his part.

The Minister of National Security expresses appreciation for the thirty-four years of service Mr. Ellington gave to the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the people of Jamaica.

The Minister also acknowledges Mr. Ellington's contribution to improving the professionalism of the JCF and establishing strategies that have led to a significant reduction in crime and improvement in public security during his tenure as Commissioner.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds has been appointed to act as Commissioner of Police effective Tuesday, July 1, 2014 while the Police Service Commission commences the process of appointing a new Commissioner of Police.